[SEL] Fairbanks Morse, Barn Fresh.....a question

[Duncan Denman]

Hi Ron,

I get sent to an encripted page looking for a log in.

Duncan


MaytagTwin at aol.com wrote:

>Hi All from Poverty Ridge West, 
> 
>Today I got my first call to go look at a barn fresh gas engine.  The  
>son-in-law is planning to sell it to help with father-in-law's funeral costs and  he 
>called me to help him identify the engine.  I was careful to free the  valves 
>before making any effort to turn the crankshaft.  Good thing,  too.  The 
>exhaust was stuck but soon loosened and the engine is free.   I did not turn far 
>enough to see if there is compression.
> 
>I tried to identify it from the BYB, but only see similar engines, nothing  
>exactly like this one.  This one has an ignitor, no water pump, fuel pump  and 
>overflow fuel return from mixer, is hit and miss, and is mounted on a  walking 
>beam pump jack base.  It might have been tank cooled, or, since it  was a 
>water pumper. might have diverted some of the pumped water for  cooling.
> 
>You should be able to see the engine in these pictures.
> 
>_Click  here: You've Got Pictures_ 
>(http://pak06.pictures.aol.com/NASApp/ygp/Login?event=ViewFilm&filmId=57876.915.1112499778589.1&locale=en_US)  
> 
>Now for my question, just how many Maytag engine should I offer in  trade?
> 
>Regards,
>Ron Carroll
>Clearmont, Missouri USA
> 
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Duncan Denman
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